As we push on with the reemergence of Firehouse Pride, we want to make sure we include our faithful & passionate followers in the process. Over the next month our social media, website and promotional material will be getting a major facelift and we want your help to do it. Send us your pictures of Firehouse Pride products in action. If we use your picture in our rebranding we will send you a pretty cool thank you gift thats in development as we speak.

Submit the highest quality version of your pictures to contact@firehousepride.com today!

Well it’s been over 2 years since we published a blog post here at Firehouse Pride but it seems as good a time as any to send one out. A lot has happened in the last few years, both good & bad that required the powers that be at Firehouse Pride to take a big step back and reexamine their love/hate relationship with the “Modern Day Fire Service”. In that time of internal audits they discovered many things including, almost as an epiphany, a new level of clarity in purpose and passion for the craft of firefighting. Over the next few months we will be releasing a new website, increased content and some pretty cool additions to our product offerings. We will do our best to share our experiences and our passion with our online family as much as we can. For the time being here is a brief glimpse of what the future looks like for Firehouse Pride & friends!

Founded in 2011, Firehouse Pride was initially created to bring quality products from the minds of experienced firefighters to market so that others might benefit from their unique & battle tested ideas.
Since that time Firehouse Pride has evolved into something much more to our faithful followers and to us as well. Firehouse Pride has become a brand for people who are passionate about the craft of firefighting and want to share their passion with others. A brand that means more than just being a firefighter, Firehouse Pride is a brand for those individuals who love the craft and have an everyday commitment to perform to the best of their ability, and in the end be victorious in their duty to protect life, property & each other!

For those who are a part of Firehouse Pride, “For Love of the Craft” means so much more than a few innovative products. It means “A passion for the craft of firefighting while honoring the history & tradition of the past, committing to a pride in performance in the present & mentoring others that they may carry on into the future.”

We are dedicated to honoring this “Passion Statement” in our everyday actions through the creation, testing & production of great products, the dissemination of unique knowledge & information acquired through real world experiences & collaboration and promotion of awesome training opportunities for those that, like us, do what they do “For Love of The Craft”.

Initial reaction for the new Firehouse Pride “Emergency Response Guide for Electric, Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicles” has been very exciting and positive. However, from comments online and reaction from those who have not seen the book in person we discovered that there is a segment of the “Firefighting Community” that feels this book is just like the rest, they already have something similar, or they would never use a response guide. To show how confident we are in the product, it’s conciseness and user friendly layout, we are putting our money where our mouth is to prove you will not be disappointed by the “Rescue Guide”. This offer is not a trick, gimmick or scam, it is Firehouse Pride proving to our customers that we truly stand behind the products we bring to you!

If you are not completely satisfied with the quality of the product or the information in it, simply ship it back to Firehouse Pride, PO Box 377, Barnesville, MD 20838 within 10 days, along with your reason for disliking the product.

We will send you a 200% refund check for the Rescue Guide invoice price and 100% of your shipping & handling.

Here are some finer points to note for everyone who thinks they are going to get rich returning “Rescue Guides”:

Limit 1 guide return per customer, this offer is to allow you to try the product out before large quantity purchases.

Guides must be postmarked within 10 days of initial delivery date.

Guides must be in new, unused condition when received by Firehouse Pride.

Thats it, thats all. You don’t like the product, you return it, tell us why you didn’t like it and get twice your money back. Don’t wait, order yours today!

-Emergency Response Guide for Electric, Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicles-

Firehouse Pride is proud to announce the exclusive release of the English version of the Danish “Emergency Response Guide for Electric, Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicles”. This 4″x 5.75″ high quality laminated guidebook is a no-nonsense palm of your hand reference for the street level emergency worker. It’s easy to locate tabs allow the user to quickly access need-to-know information about electric, hybrid & hydrogen vehicles. Each section takes the reader through vehicle identification, deactivation, extrication and firefighting concerns. There is also a section outlining special considerations in first aid treatment of injures related to electrocution and acid contact. Each section also has a notes page for individual rescuer comments. Unlike other vehicle rescue guide books, this 60 page, glossy reference doesn’t overwhelm the first responder with unnecessary information. The “Rescue Guide” streamlines the most immediately important information straight to the rescuers fingertips so that they can make educated decisions in a time sensitive situation.

Since the start, the mission of Firehouse Pride has been to restore some sense of logic and practicality to the fire service for the efficiently, safety & pride of it’s members. We do this by providing firefighters around the country with products that work, from firefighters who have been there, and found a better way to do “it”. It has been an amazing few months here at Firehouse Pride, cool products, great people, and a flood of support from firefighters around the country who feel just like we feel & are tired of the “industry” telling them how to fight fires and what tools to use.

Firefighters lookout for each other, and they trust the experience and opinion of those they respect. Firehouse Pride makes products for those firefighters who care just a little bit more about quality and functionality on the fireground & beyond. We stand behind our products and our vision, and we want you involved!

What does it all mean?

The Pro-Staff & Field Staff are essential to spreading Firehouse Pride across the country. Introducing their fellow firefighters to innovative products that they have probably never heard of before, but truly could save their lives. They test new products and improve old ones, they teach others, they spread knowledge through written word & social media, they work trade shows, they fight fires & save lives rockin’ Firehouse Pride products! They are the backbone of Firehouse Pride and the future of the fire service.

Firehouse Pride Pro-Staff are the battle tested, job driven few among us that have crawled down that dark and lonely hallway more than once with ears stinging and knees burning, wondering if they were coming back. They are from the busiest units, in the busiest houses, from the busiest departments in the country. They dedicate their time to the advancement of the fire service while preserving its historic and storied traditions. They are the ones who spend countless hours training & passing on years of knowledge to anyone who will listen, knowing all-to-well that it may one day save their lives. A salty training helmet or a stack of certifications won’t get you this title, but hard work, experience & dedication to the job might. Firehouse Pride Pro-Staff – “Battle Tested, Firehouse Pride Approved”

Firehouse Pride Fireground Staff are the motivated & dedicated boots on the ground whos’ love of the job radiates from everything they do, but the fire gods may not visit as often as others. Like the Pro-Staff, they too dedicate their time to the advancement of the fire service while preserving its historic and storied traditions. They train, train & train again, knowing full well that fire could strike at any moment. Be it in a small town or a big city, they will be called on to snuff out the red devil wherever he may be, risking themselves to save lives & property in defense of their neighbors regardless of how “busy” they may be. The Firehouse Pride Fireground Staff are the essential power behind the movement to return pride to the fire service and we are happy to have them!

If you think you have what it takes to be a member of the Firehouse Pride Pro-Staff or Fireground Staff, or you would just like to be apart of the movement, send us an interest email & a firefighting resume to contact@firehousepride.com and follow the developments on our Facebook Page!

At Firehouse Pride, we take “Pride” in the concept that our products are invented, designed, developed, tested & approved by actual firefighters that go to actual fires. If we have an idea that saves time, money, or lives, you can trust that the team at Firehouse Pride is going to put a lot of time and effort into developing it for our firefighting friends around the country.

The idea for “Attack Wraps” came to us as a low cost, logical solution to an avalanche of issues our team discovered during working fires, training, and unfortunately, LODD reports. Firefighter disorientation and lack of individual hoseline identification are factors in more than one line-of-duty death and it’s traits can be seen on almost every fire. With these problems in mind the “Engine Guy” in us set out to address this issue in a budget friendly yet durable manor.

Attack Wrap Lines in a dark stairwell

We all know the age old sayings,(smooth, bump, bump to the pump), etc. and we all understand that everyone should train to be able to identify a hoselines coupling direction in zero visibility. Trust us, we hear a smart ass comment at every show we work about this fact from some guy thats been to 3 fires…ever! But what you need to remember is Attack Wraps are not meant to discourage that training, only reinforce the concept and put another tool in the tool box. Trendy rhymes from fire school work great: until your lost, almost out of air, and burning up. The Firehouse Pride guys have been there, which is why we have the Attack Wraps for a visual key to orient us quickly when things get heavy.

Quick Points about the Attack Wraps:

They point towards the fire, cause that’s where the Engine is supposed to go!

Comes in 5 color options that are already used by most pump manufacturers

Pack includes 5 arrowed pieces and 1 blank, blank can be put on the nozzle and the pump panel, write your pressures right on the material!

And the best part, outfit 250ft of attack line for under $20!

Is It Worth It?

Raleigh, NC Attack Wraps

The purpose for writing this article really started as most good things do, with a constructive discussion we saw on a picture posted on the Firehouse Pride Facebook page a little over a month ago. Justin Bolduc, a fellow firefighter & friend of Firehouse Pride from Raleigh, NC posted this picture of his Attack Wraps along with the following text.

“Knowing how simple this is thinking back to 98 I wonder if this would have changed the outcome of losing a good friend. I think hose colors and helpful hints ever since that day are worth their money. Take the time to read what happened, it could happen again. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face9832.html. This statement in the report is what I was talking about:“The Assistant Chief found the hose line, but could not follow it because it was looped three times and intertwined with the back up line. He then stood up to run and fell to the ground, finding that he was completely out of air. He yelled to Victim #1 to radio for help as he searched for a way to exit.”

And that my friends, is why we at Firehouse Pride do what we do. We do not produce or support gimmicks, nor do we sit around trying to invent some money making scheme off of our fire department brothers and sisters. We address the needs of the real firefighters out there that want to do their job better, more efficiently and ultimately safer through better performance of basic firefighting skills like putting the fire out. We thank you for your support and will continue to do our best to provide you with the best firefighter products from experienced firefighters! Stay Safe!